I really don't want to be a novelist

Chapter 184 I'm Extraordinarily Handsome Today
Ji Zhuo tactically drank water, but did not answer this question.

Yun Qingmu glanced at Ji Zhuo, and didn't ask any more questions.

Picking up the phone again, it seems that he is still thinking about the plot he saw just now, and at the same time flipping through some comments in the comment area.

"Dog author, it's not like you that you actually write about such a popular topic this time."

"Have you changed your temper?"

As if seeing the comments in the comment area, Yun Qingmu also had the same doubt, and looked at Ji Zhuo suspiciously.

Ji Zhuo didn't put down the water glass he was holding, and said calmly,
"I just don't like to write the same type of novels repeatedly. Who said that I can't write popular themes anymore. Aren't the themes of Xianxia and Cthulhu all popular themes?"

While talking, Ji Zhuo took another sip of water.

"The theme of Cthulhu became popular after you..."

Yun Qingmu muttered, but she didn't ask any further.

Indeed, it is not surprising that the author of the dog writes about any subject matter.

Yun Qingmu didn't talk to Ji Zhuo any more, and looked at the good comments from some readers in the comment area with her mobile phone in her hand, and the lively discussion,
It makes me very happy that the work I like is also liked by a bunch of other people...

Anyway, Yun Qingmu looked more excited than Ji Zhuo.

……

"...Ji Zhuo, I think this book is better than your last book. It's tense and exciting, interesting! Can you... add one or two more chapters every day?"

After eating at this Sichuan restaurant, I made an appointment to see Ji Zhuo online to receive the award "on the spot".
Yun Qingmu followed Ji Zhuo and returned to Ji Zhuo's residence.

"Next time definitely."

Listening to Yun Qingmu's excited inquiry, looking at Yun Qingmu's expectant eyes,
Ji Zhuo paused and replied.

"..."

Yun Qingmu fell silent.

Sure enough, it is still a dog author.

……

"Ji Zhuo, do you usually create here?"

"...This is the study room, where I am not here to create."

"Oh……"

"Ji Zhuo, are these the books you published? Well, there are quite a few books on the shelves."

Originally, she was chatting with Yun Qingmu,

Suddenly Yun Qingmu mentioned his books on the shelf, and Ji Zhuo's heart skipped a beat, half a beat behind.
Seeing that Yun Qingmu didn't have any special reaction, he remembered that he had thrown the "Seven Sins" in the bedroom before, and hadn't had time to put it on the bookshelf for him.

Ji Zhuo breathed a sigh of relief,

"It's all from the publishing house."

He replied casually, then moved a stool for Yun Qingmu to enter the study,

The two sat down in the study.

After Yun Qingmu sat down, she still turned her eyes curiously,

Apparently interested in the dog author's den,

On the bookshelf in the study room, apart from Ji Zhuo's published books, there are also some awards that Ji Zhuo has won before, as well as some small peripherals of the first season of "Mortal Cultivation of Immortals".

Ji Zhuo didn't care about Yun Qingmu, he was full, and now he sat down and wanted to paralyze for a while, so he leaned back on the chair,
Yun Qingmu turned her eyes around and became quiet.

It was already late at night, and the wind coming in from the study window was not too hot.
The blows come in bursts, with a little bit of comfort.

Although neither of them spoke, and the study was quiet, both of them were quite comfortable.

Yun Qingmu imitated Ji Zhuo and slumped down on the chair,
The mind also calmed down in this silence.

……

But paralyzed for a while, enough paralyzed,
Ji Zhuo sat up again, Yun Qingmu also sat up, the two looked at each other,
"or……"

"or……"

"How about we play a game for a while."

"Why don't you write some words, Ji Zhuo."

Listening to Yun Qingmu's eyes shining, the words uttered from his mouth.

Ji Zhuo's face darkened, as expected there was no sympathy, no tacit understanding.

"Ahem... Then Ji Zhuo, let's play a game."

Looking at Ji Zhuo's expression, Yun Qingmu was a little embarrassed, and at the same time there was a trace of regret in his eyes,
For a "loyal reader" of a dog author, what else is more appropriate for the dog author to code whenever he has time.

"Well, let's play a game for a while, it's still a while before the awards are presented over there."

Ji Zhuo touched the phone, and Yun Qingmu also touched the phone.

Then the two played a game,

Rewarded teammates a few times, and rewarded teammates for dropping stars.

"...Ji Zhuo, here, here, come here, with blood and blood."

"……I am coming."

"Ji Zhuo, why are you dead too?"

"I didn't expect you to die so quickly."

"Ji Zhuo, here, here, there is another one, we are two against one, we have the advantage."

"...Or let's not play."

"Well, stop playing."

Finally, it ends with being reported.

Both Ji Zhuo and Yun Qingmu silently put away their phones.

"...It should be almost time."

Ji Zhuo turned back, turned on the computer, and waited for the phone connection at the Europa Science Fiction Awards.
Yun Qingmu picked up the phone again, flipping through it silently,

After a while, Yun Qingmu's eyes lit up again,
"Ji Zhuo...someone broadcasted the Europa Science Fiction Awards presentation live."

"Ok?"

"To be precise, it's a rebroadcast. It's not some kind of media. It's just an up host from a broken website leading Ji Zhuo's readers to watch it together."

Yun Qingmu said.

Taking advantage of this moment, Ji Zhuo also checked his phone.

After opening the broken station, I found the live broadcast,
There seemed to be quite a few people watching, and the barrage scrolled very quickly, and the person who was broadcasting the live broadcast was an up master he was very familiar with - 'I am a mortal'.

It is said to be a live broadcast, and it seems to be a real-time screen recording of the foreign live broadcast page. By the way, there is a small window next to it, which is the live broadcast screen of the up master himself.

The name is to accompany everyone to watch the live broadcast of the Europa Science Fiction Awards ceremony.

Strictly speaking, there are some infringements, but no one cares.

Ji Zhuo glanced at the live broadcast, the award ceremony of the Europa Science Fiction Awards has already started.

What's going on is the award for the best short science fiction of the year called Europa,

It can be seen that the awards stage is quite lively, there are many famous European science fiction writers and European publishing industry bosses sitting - although Ji Zhuo doesn't know any of them.

Another glance at the audience's barrage under the screen recording.

"When will the author of the dog accept the award? No way. Why is the time for awarding the award so hellish? I can't stand it anymore."

"Jet lag, brother, the author of the dog received a major award, and the award must be presented at the end."

"Major Up, can you turn off your camera and enlarge the live broadcast window of the award ceremony?"

"The up owner in the lower right corner actually doesn't need to show your face, you blocked me from watching the dog author receive the award."

Then, at the request of the live broadcast barrage, the up master really closed his live broadcast box, and left his voice, and translated a few sentences for the audience in the live broadcast room from time to time,

"Now the winner is the Europa Science Fiction Award for Best Short Story, which can be regarded as a major award. The winner is also a famous science fiction writer in Europe... You may not have heard of his name, but his short science fiction stories probably everyone I've heard of..."

"...Here we come, here we come, the most important award of the night, the best long science fiction novel, is about to be presented!"

"The host is already warming up, and will soon connect with the author of the dog!"

"The host said that another excellent and even great sci-fi work was born this year, and he is bound to sweep the whole of Europe and bring a sci-fi frenzy to the whole of Europe and the whole world..."

"This host is much more fanatical than I thought, and the audience seems to be very lively... It seems that the English version of "The Caged Bird" has a greater influence overseas than we expected."

The English version of Caged Bird has undergone continuous word-of-mouth fermentation and the operation and promotion of the publishing house.

It has been published for almost a month now, and the sales volume has exceeded 50.

Most importantly, even now, the single-day sales of the English version of "Bird in a Cage" still has no downward trend.

His readership is still gradually spreading, word of mouth is still fermenting in the readership,

In other words, the sales volume of the English version of "Bird in a Cage" is far from reaching market saturation.
It's just that there is no opportunity to make the sales of the English version of "Bird in a Cage" explode, selling the single-day and weekly sales of those super best-sellers.

And now, the opportunity has come.

As "The Caged Bird" won a major award at the Europa Science Fiction Awards, Delwin Publishing House is bound to use this to increase publicity and detonate the accumulation of word-of-mouth for so long.

And although the current sales volume of 50 in the caged bird certainly cannot be said to cover a large number of readers.

But now the people sitting under the awards ceremony are people from the publishing industry, as well as science fiction writers... Most of these people have read this sci-fi book that turned out to be out of nowhere.

So, when the host said the name of "Bird in a Cage", the audience was so lively.

"...Okay, okay, I'm going to connect, I'm going to connect to the dog author soon!"

During the live video broadcast, the host of the awards ceremony started to connect with Ji Zhuo.

Almost immediately after, Ji Zhuo received a connection request.

After moving the mouse, Ji Zhuo chose to answer.

On the other end of the video connection, Ji Zhuo has already seen the scene of the award ceremony and the host on the award stage.

However, there was a few seconds of delay in the live video broadcast... But immediately after, the audience in the live broadcast room also saw Ji Zhuo's figure.

"Cool!"

"Our award-winning writer this year, Mr. Bugong is still a handsome gentleman. I believe that countless viewers who are watching the live broadcast at this moment and other female writers in the audience will fall in love with you!"

At the awards ceremony, the host exaggeratedly said,

The sci-fi writers at the awards ceremony also booed in unison,

But it’s fine to hear some female writers shouting, why did Ji Zhuo vaguely hear male writers shouting at the scene...

"Thank you."

Ji Zhuo nodded politely.

beside,

Yun Qingmu looked at Ji Zhuo on the spot,

While watching the live broadcast with his mobile phone, his eyes lit up.

In the live broadcast room, as Ji Zhuo's figure appeared on the big screen at the awards ceremony,
The barrage also exploded.

"I said...Although a dog is a dog, it still looks like a dog."

"...I can, I can!"

"...I don't know if he's handsome or not, but I think the author of the dog is dressed casually. I even suspect that he's wearing slippers on his feet right now."

"You know what a fart, this is called informality."

"Okay, shut up! Let me take a good look at the dog author's face... It's not a big deal, but if I meet one day, I can't... go up and urge me to change it."

Yun Qingmu looked at Ji Zhuo in the live broadcast, then raised her head to look at Ji Zhuo, looking back and forth repeatedly.

Ji Zhuo still maintains a connection with the awards ceremony.

After the host praised him a few more words,
The podium was handed over to the award presenters,
A bigwig in the publishing industry.

The boss held the microphone and read the award speech,
"When I read this work, I was impressed by the splendor of the stories depicted in the work. The author showed us a magical science fiction world from a unique perspective, which made every reader unable to extricate themselves and immerse themselves in it."

"At the same time, it also brings a new idea and possibility to science fiction writing. In the whole story, the observer civilization and unknown civilization that will cause devastating damage to human civilization have never appeared, but we know..."

After a long speech for the award, the big man who presented the award paused again,

With a look of regret on his face,
"...But unfortunately, due to some reasons, 'Bugong' couldn't come to the scene to accept the award. I also missed a communication with my favorite author. I hope to have a chance to communicate with you, Mr. Bugong, I believe People who can write these good books must be very interesting authors."

The awards presenter turned around to pay tribute to Ji Zhu who was connected via video, and then stepped off the stage.

Ji Zhuo thanked him, and then the host came on stage again.

Naturally, it is customary for Ji Zhuo to deliver his acceptance speech.

Ji Zhuo also followed the usual practice and said some unnutritious words,

As usual, three thanks, thanks to the publisher for publishing and editor's appreciation, thanks to readers for their support,

Then thank yourself for your efforts.

Hearing the first two, the group of authors below were fine, and cheering after hearing the last one.

Then there is a short interview with the host about him, the winner of the Best Long Science Fiction Novel, which has been mentioned in advance.

"...Mr. Bugong, thank you for bringing us such an excellent science fiction work. May I ask if you have any other works that will be published in the near future, for us readers who are waiting to read?"

"In the near future, other language versions of "The Bird in the Cage" will also be published in different countries, such as the German version and the Russian version. Maybe tomorrow, maybe the day after tomorrow."

This answer is a request from the publisher, which is to take this opportunity to promote "The Caged Bird" in other languages.

"Oh, that is really a wonderful thing for science fiction readers in many countries. Will Mr. Bugong release any other new works in the near future?"

Hearing the host's questioning, Ji Zhuo couldn't help being stunned.

I didn't mention this one before... Is this for me to promote other books?
Ji Zhuo looked at the anticipation in the host's eyes, and always felt that the expression was familiar... Could it be that the host wants to see it?

"...Recently, I have serialized a new book called "Hour Hand Leaps to Death" on Feimo Novels, an online novel website in Huaguo."

Since he is chasing himself here to make an advertisement for himself, it is not appropriate for him not to advertise.

But Ji Zhuo was thinking, should he pay for non-mo novels? This wave of advertisements was successful.

"Thank you, Mr. Bugong, I think this novel must be equally good, and I will read it."

Then I got the title of Ji Zhuo's new book from Ji Zhuo, and the host was satisfied.

Subsequent interviews were much more normal.

Ji Zhuo answered a few words,
The video connection ends.

As soon as the video connection ended, Ji Zhuo turned off the computer, and the study became quiet again.

Looking back, I saw Yun Qingmu was still holding the phone and looking at it excitedly.

Ji Zhuo also took a look at his phone,

The barrage in the live broadcast room was still rolling down crazily.

"What, the dog author has opened a new book?"

"Fuck, you guys continue to watch the live broadcast, I'm off to watch the new book by the dog author!"

Apparently, quite a few readers got the news of Ji Zhuo's new book release.

Although they will know sooner or later, at this moment, the news of the new book's release has been spread more widely in advance.

As a result, the readers who had finished reading Ji Zhuo's award and quickly slipped away to read the novel,
The audience in the live broadcast room crashed down,

Immediately afterwards, the live broadcast room showed that the live broadcast was over,

The up of the live broadcast also slipped away to read the novel.

"??? It's too fast, I'm leaving too, I'm going to read novels."

"Let's go, I'm going to read a novel."

"I only came here after watching it... Is the live broadcast over?"

The live broadcast is over,
Yun Qingmu, who was watching the live broadcast of the award ceremony, also raised her head, looking at Ji Zhuo, her eyes sparkled.

"Ji Zhuo, I suddenly think you are extremely handsome!"

"???"

Ji Zhuo made a question mark,

Could it be that I was not handsome before, huh, woman.

Ji Zhuo glanced at Yun Qingmu.

"It's just that he is very handsome today."

"The new book was released again, and then the old book won the award."

Yun Qingmu continued.

(End of this chapter)